make-ready

make-ready
/mayk"red'ee/, n.
1. Print. the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression.
2. the act or process of making something ready for use: a charge for make-ready on the new car.
[1820-30; n. use of v. phrase make ready]

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